Episode 171 - Author Spotlight with Marcie R. Rendon

Book Cougars Episode 171

Episode One Hundred Seventy One Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

Chris read the poem “The Margin” from the poetry collection The Historians: Poems by Eavan Boland.

– Currently Reading – [3:31]
The Writing Retreat – Julia Bartz (CW) release date 2/21/23
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age – Katherine May (EF) release date 2/28/23
The Library Book – Susan Orlean (CW)
Listen to Episode 62 when Chris and Emily chat about seeing Susan on a Biblio Adventure in New York City back in 2018
How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope – edited by James Crews (EF)
Emily read the poem “Improvement” by Danusha Laméris.

– Just Read – [14:36]
Reef Road – Deborah Goodrich Royce (EF) release date 1/10/23
The Foulest Things: A Dominion Archives Mystery – Amy Tector (CW)
Night Wherever We Go – Tracey Rose Peyton (EF) release date 1/3/23
The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama (EF)(audio)
Murder on the Red River – Marcie. R. Rendon (CW)(EF)(audio)

– Biblio Adventures – [30:26]
Chris started watching Three Pines based on the novels by Louise Penny.
Emily watched From Scratch on Netflix based on the novel by Tembi Locke.
Emily tuned in to via the Library of Congress to watch Jason Reynolds: Closing Celebration for National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.   

– Upcoming Jaunts – [54:38]
Chris is hoping to watch Kindred, the series based on the novel by Octavia Butler.

Emily is hoping to watch Bullet Train based on the novel by Kotaro Isara.

Chris and Emily are planning a joint jaunt to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. In preparation, Emily is planning to read Stowe’s short story “The Pearl of Orr’s Island.” Stowe is best known for her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

– Upcoming Reads – [41:24]
A World of Curiosities – Louise Penny (CW)
Moonrise Over New Jessup – Jamila Minnicks (EF)

– Author Spotlight with Marcie R. Rendon – [01:07:22]
We chat with Marcie about our fourth quarter readalong:  Murder on the Red River. The next two books in the series are Girl Gone Missing and Sinister Graves.
You can learn more about Marcie here.

– Also Mentioned –
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times – Katherine May
Elizabeth Gilbert
White River Books
Speak for the Dead – Amy Tector
Alice Henderson
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake – Tiya Miles
Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
Jacqueline Woodson
Mark Twain House
Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angelline Bouilley
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl
Stephen King
Kurt Wallender Series by Henning Mankell
John Sanford
John Grisham
Shutter – Ramona Emerson

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Episode 170 - 2022 Holiday Gift Ideas and Author Spotlight with Malinda Lo

Author Malinda Lo

Episode One Hundred Seventy Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Giveaways! –
Episode 170 marks our SIXTH ANNIVERSARY! It’s also another 10th episode which means it's GIVEAWAY time! Become a subscriber to our free monthly newsletter by December 15th to be automatically entered to win a copy of My Brilliant Life by Ae-Ran Kim and Death on a Winter Stroll by Francine Mathews. 

We host a monthly book giveaway for our Patreon supporters. If you join our Patreon Community by December 15th you will be automatically entered to win a copy of The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger.

– Currently Reading – [2:38]
The Foulest Things: A Dominion Archives Mystery – Amy Tector (CW)
Learn more about Amy here.
The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama (EF)(audio)

– Just Read – [5:00]
Take What You Need – Idra Novey (EF) release date 3/14/2023
No, N-O-E, No: The Cicero Riot Story – H.M. Edwards (CW)
Foster – Claire Keegan (EF)
Outlander – Diana Gabaldon (CW)
“Rape Fantasies” – Margaret Atwood (CW)
The Collected Regrets of Clover –Mikki Brammer (EF) release date 5/9/2023
You Could Make this Place Beautiful: A Memoir – Maggie Smith (EF) release date 4/11/2023

– Biblio Adventures – [33:43]
Chris and Emily drove up to Amherst, MA and went on a tour of the newly renovated Emily Dickinson Museum. Afterword they browsed Amherst Books where Chris found a copy of Alcuin: A Fierce and Elegant Plea for the Rights of Women by Charles Brockden Brown. In the evening they attended a screening of the pop opera Emily & Sue at Amherst College.

While in Colorado, Emily visited the Basalt Regional Library, the Carbondale Public Library where she picked up a copy of The Echo Maker by Richard Powers, and White River Books where she got a copy of How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope by James Crews.

Emily is watching From Scratch on Netflix based on the novel by Tembi Locke.

Chris had a Couch Biblio Adventure watching Spirited based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

– Upcoming Reads – [54:38]
A World of Curiosities – Louise Penny (CW)

– 2022 Holiday Gift Ideas – [55:52]
· Buy Author Swag – for example Louise Penny items at Brom Lake Books
· Simply Julia Cookbook paired with her online Sundays with Julia Cooking Classes
· Biblio Adventure to an Author Home – for example Emily Dickinson Museum or National Steinbeck Center
· Book Gift Subscriptions – for example Trust Me You’ll Love It from the Bookworm of Edwards, CO
· A Donation to an Organization: for example BINC, EveryLibrary, and DiverseBooks.org
· Make a Bookmark that highlights the titles in a book series or favorite author’s entire booklist
· The Remarkable Life Deck created by Debbie Millman
· Record an Audiobook or Short Story
· Subscription to Libro.fm or a set of audiobook Gift Bundles
· Act as technical support, helping someone learn to better utilize their smart phone or tablet
· Book Pairings, for example: Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change and the companion Keep Moving: The Journal by Maggie Smith, The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy by Ross Gay, Finding Freedom paired with the new issue of Cherry Bombe featuring Erin French on the cover.
· A signed copy or first edition of a book

– Author Spotlight with Malinda Lo – [01:07:22]
We had a great time chatting with Malinda about her new book A Scatter of Light and Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Malinda has a fantastic website.

– Also Mentioned –
The Camille DeRose Story – Camille DeRose
Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
Susan Orlean
Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change – Maggie Smith
The Overstory – Richard Powers
Three Pines – the television series based on the novels by Louise Penny

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Episode 166 - All Things Audiobooks

Book Cougars Episode 166

Episode One Hundred Sixty Six Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Announcing our 23rd Readalong –
Murder on the Red River – Marcie R. Rendon
You can purchase an e-book directly from Soho for $7.99, the paperback from Bookshop.org or the audiobook from Libro.fm to support the Book Cougars.
Please send an email if you would like to participate in the Zoom conversation on Sunday, December 4th at 7 PM (ET). And we would love for you to join the online conversation on the Goodreads thread.

– Favorite Audiobooks –
Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)
Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Bouilley (narrated by Isabella Star LaBlanc) (EF)
My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite (narrated by Adepero Oduye) (CW)
In Love – Amy Bloom (EF)
True Grit – Charles Portis (narrated by Donna Tartt) (CW)
Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson (EF)
Girls & Boys – Dennis Kelly (narrated by Carey Mulligan) (EF)

– Current Listen –  
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism – James Loewen

– Upcoming Listen –  
We are doing a buddy listen with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri. Join us as we listen to the audiobook, The Fall Girl, by Marcia Clark (narrated by Marcia Clark and Cathy Lepard).

– Other Audiobooks Mentioned –
Moby Dick
Biography of Malcolm X
Warmth of Other Suns
Sinister Graves
Crying in H Mart
I’m Glad My Mom Died

– Conversation with Co-Hosts of the Libro.fm podcast Karen and Craig –
Check out the new podcast from our affiliate Libro.fm.

– Also Mentioned –
Hoopla
Libby
Audible
Audiobooks.com
How I Built This with Don Katz
Patricia Cornwell
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong – James Loewen
Nancy Drew
It's A Clue podcast
Emma Straub
Julia Whelan
George Saunders
Neil Gaiman
Invisible Life of Addie Larue – V.E. Schwab
Liberty Hardy

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